Vehicle lighting system.



H. L.WOHL"ERS.

Av EHlcLE mamme SYSTEM.

A PPL ICATION FILED MAR. 30. l9l4.

Patented' Oct. 26, 1915.

HENRY L. WOHL'ERS, OF OAKHARBOR; OHIO.

`viva-Irene LIGHTING SYSTEM.

To all ui/tam t may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY L. citizen of the United States, residing at Oakharbor, in the county of Ottawa, State f 0hio, have invented certain' new and useful improvements in Vehicle Lighting Systems and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as, will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make, and use the same.

This invention relates to vehicle lighting systems and particularly to mechanism for driving the generator or dynamo of the system.

The objectprovision of WoHLERs, a

the ground.

in 'the provision of a mechanism of the char` 6 acter referred to which can be readily associated with any horse drawn vehicle and when so associatedwilliprove elicient and durable. f

lll/lith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of con'- struction and in the arrangement and combination of parts' to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. i

' In describing the inventiondn detail reference will be had tothe accompanying drawngs wherein like ch lote lcorresponding parts in the several 'iews, and in which` Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention bowing same applied to the aXle of `a vehile and operativelv connected with the hub f the adjacent traction'2 wheel; Fig. 2, a

ront view of what is shown in Fig. l; Fig.

, section on the line 3 -3 of Fig. 1; Fig. a section on the line 454 of Fig.1;.Fig; 5, perspective v view of the supporting yclip ilgl pivoted bracket. carried' .thereby,'. and

a perspecive-view ofthe base plate )on which theidynamo is mounted, the

7name being removed for` the sake of clear- SS. 1. lileferring to the drawings 10 indicates the-7 le of a. feh:iclefand -11 the hub attably mounted onsaid axle.

.Secured to 5 axle 1G is alt-clip A12 provided with spaced Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 30,

i will presently carried at -combination of an axle.

plate, connections l with the gear on t Patented @etg 2153,l 1915. 1914. serialnaszaazl.

13 and 14. The ears 13 and 14 are con- I ears nected by a rod 15 pon which is mounted a U-sha'ped bracket 16 ie invention urt er comprises a base plate 17 having a slot 18 therein: Engaged through theslot 18 and the arm connecting portion of the bracket 16. is abolt 19 whereby the plate 17 is secured to said bracket.. Mounted upon the plate 17 adjacent the upper edge thereof are space brackets 20 and 21 in which is 22 ofa dynamo A.,

One of the trunnions of extended th fixed thereon a gear 23 for a purpose that appear. Formed on the plate on eacli side thereof and 4at its lower edge argI journal bearings 24 -'is secured to an adjusting screw 32 threaded 1n the plate and through the manipulation `of which the tension of the spring 31 may be varied. The spring 31 lserves to yieldingly hold the gear 28 in meshlwith the gear 2.9 so as to allow for any irregular movement vof the gear 29.

The dynamo 'A may be connected'in the usual manner to a suitable storage batteryV any convenient point on the v'ehicle of which the axle 10 forms a part.

vVlfhat is claimed rough the bearing 20 and has In a device of the class described the 1 an element rotatable thereon, a clip secured to said axle, arbracket pivoted on the clip, a base plate secured' to -said bracket,va dynamomounted uponthe base lplate, a shaft journaled onsaid base between the shaft and dynamo, a gear fixed on said'shaft, a-gear xed n vsaid rotatable element meshing with the gear-on the shaft, and means for yield-y nglyholdingwthegear on the shaft in mesh i' erotatable element. 2r` na-vf'ieV-ioe` 1of '-the class described, the

combinationjof an'iaxle, an element rotatable thereon, a clip secured to said axle, a bracket yieldingly holding the gear on the shaft in pivoted on the Clip, ay base plate seoured't'o mesh with the gear on the rotatable element. 10 said bracket, a dynamo mounted on the base In testimony whereof, I ax my signaplate, a shaft journaled on sa-d base plate, ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

connections between the shaft. and dynam'o, HENRY L. VVOHLERS. a gear fixed on said shaft, a gearxed on Vtnesss:

said rotatable element, and a spring connee- HENRY VVOHLERS, Sr.,

tion between the base plate and the axle for vW. E. FLEGKNER.

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